Definitions of curtain [ˈkɜr tn]

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Definition of 'curtain'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) curtain
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.

2.  curtain
a movable or folding screen used for similar purposes.

3.  curtain
a movable drapery that hangs directly behind a proscenium arch and conceals the stage from the audience.

4.  curtain
the start or end of a performance, scene, act, or play, esp. the time at which a performance begins.

5.  curtain
an effect, line, or plot solution at the conclusion of a performance.

6.  curtain
(used as a direction in a script to indicate the end of a scene or act.)

7.  curtain
anything that shuts off, covers, or conceals:
a curtain of artillery fire.

8.  curtain
the part of a wall or rampart connecting two bastions or towers.

9.  curtain
Slang. the end; death, esp. by violence.

10. (v.t.) curtain
to provide, shut off, conceal, or adorn with or as if with a curtain.

11.  curtain
to bring to a close.

12.  curtain
to keep secret.

13.  curtain
to start.

14.  curtain
to make known or public; disclose.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME co(u)rtine < OF < LL cortīna, prob. = L co(ho)rt-, s. of cohors (see court ) +-īna -ine¹, as calque of Gk

Definition of 'curtain'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

2. (verb) curtain
any barrier to communication or vision
"a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"

3. (verb) curtain
provide with drapery
"curtain the bedrooms"

Definition of 'curtain'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) curtain
a cloth for covering a window or opening
to close the curtains; a shower curtain

Definition of 'curtain'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) curtain
a hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage

2. (noun) curtain
that part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion

3. (noun) curtain
that part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc

4. (noun) curtain
a flag; an ensign; -- in contempt

5. (verb) curtain
to inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains

Translation of 'curtain'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a piece of material hung up to act as a screen at a window, on a theatre stage etc The maid drew the curtains; The curtain came down at the end of the play.
Afrikaans: gordyn	Arabic: سِتاره	Bulgarian: завеса
Brazilian: cortina	Czech: záclona; opona	German: der Vorhang
Danish: gardin; tæppe	Greek: κουρτίνα, αυλαία	Spanish: cortina
Estonian: eesriie	Farsi: پرده	Finnish: verho
French: rideau	Hebrew: וִילוֹן	Hindi: पर्दा, पर्दा डालना
Croatian: zavjesa	Hungarian: függöny	Indonesian: tirai
Icelandic: gluggatjald; leiktjald	Italian: tenda, tendina	Japanese: カーテン
Korean: 커튼	Lithuanian: užuolaida, uždanga	Latvian: aizkars; priekškars
Malay: tirai	Dutch: gordijn	Norwegian: gardin, forheng, portière
Polish: zasłona, kurtyna	Persian: پرده	Pashto: پرده
Portuguese: cortina	Romanian: perdea; cortină	Russian: занавеска; занавес
Slovak: záclona; opona	Slovenian: zavesa	Serbian: zavesa
Swedish: gardin, draperi, ridå	Thai: ม่าน	Turkish: perde
Taiwanese: 窗簾，(舞臺上的)幕	Ukrainian: завіса, занавіска	Urdu: پرده
Vietnamese: màn cửa	Chinese: 窗帘，（舞台上的）幕
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